Meet Howard Hutchinson, a private property rights activist who is quietly organizing county-level rejection of a landmark law ...

Many scholars agree that the name Tonto derived from the Chiricahua name for Western Apaches — bini édiné — meaning “people without minds.” This may have referred to the fact that they spoke a ...

Other federally managed attractions across Southern New Mexico include Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument near Las Cruces, White Sands National Park near Alamogordo, the Gila Cliff ...

DEMING — The campaign for a proposed Mimbres Peaks National Monument faltered last year ... mistrust over the prospect still simmer in Luna County. The county’s three elected commissioners ...

Roosevelt used the law to set aside the Grand Canyon, and also Pinnacles in San Benito County; Bill Clinton set aside Sequoia National Monument and George W. Bush used it to protect expansive ...

as the U.S. saw with Bears Ears National Monument in Utah over the course of the past three presidencies. The rules for the use and maintenance of various public lands can also change, and that ...

The White House appears to have deleted language indicating President Donald Trump eliminated two national monuments in a recent executive order, following criticism from local officials over ...

At the Bandelier National Monument, visitors can explore the remnants of one of these settlements. At the base of Frijoles Canyon are a collection of ancient cave dwellings and other stone ...

Fort Sumter National Monument is perched on a small island in Charleston Harbor several miles southwest of the city. Ferries to the monument depart from the Fort Sumter visitor center (in ...